Product Description: In False Facts and True Rumors, Rabbi Daniel Feldman undertakes the vital task of examining the halakhic sources regarding lashon hara, derogatory speech, and applying them to today s technology-driven world. Combining erudite knowledge of rabbinic texts, philosophy, and psychology, Rabbi Feldman explores this uncharted territory of contemporary Jewish life...read more

Product Description: When the world first learned of Pam Anderson and Tommy Lee’s impromptu wedding, when Sarah Jessica Parker had an explosive falling-out with her Sex and the City castmates, or when Ruth Madoff discovered the truth of Bernie’s marital infidelity

Discusses the nature of gossip, examines its psychological aspects, and looks at rumors, celebrity gossip, propaganda, gossip columnists, and political gossip. Biblilog

A dishy, incisive exploration of gossip—from celebrity rumors to literary romans à clef, from personal sniping to political slander—by one of our “great essayists” (David Brooks) To his successful examinations of some of the most powerful forces in modern life—envy, ambition, snobbery, friendship—the keen observer and critic Joseph Epstein now adds Gossip. No trivial matter, despite its reputation, gossip is eternal and necessary. Himself a master of the art, Epstein serves up delightful mini-biographies of the Great Gossips of the Western World along with many choice bits from his own experience. He also makes a powerful case that gossip has morphed from its old-fashioned best—clever, mocking, a great private pleasure—to a corrosive new-school version, thanks to the reach of the mass media and the Internet. Gossip has even invaded politics and journalism, causing unsubstantiated information to be presented as fact. Contemporary gossip claims to reveal truth, but as Epstein shows, it’s our belief in truth itself that may be destroyed by gossip. Written in his trademark erudite and witty style, Gossip captures the complexity of this immensely entertaining subject.

Product Description: To his successful examinations of some of the most powerful forces in modern life—envy, ambition, snobbery, friendship—the keen observer and critic Joseph Epstein now adds Gossip. No trivial matter, despite its reputation, gossip, he argues, is an eternal and necessary human enterprise...read more

Product Description: To his successful examinations of some of the most powerful forces in modern life—envy, ambition, snobbery, friendship—the keen observer and critic Joseph Epstein now adds Gossip. No trivial matter, despite its reputation, gossip, he argues, is an eternal and necessary human enterprise...read more

Product Description: A brand new series to help adolescents cope with conflicts in everyday life and promote peaceful homes, schools, and communities.The entertainment media is built on it, school hallways are full of it, but is gossip ever really acceptable? When does talking about others cross the line from thoughtful concern to harmful activity?Gossip: Deal with it before word gets around looks at the damage gossip can cause to both its object and its perpetrators, ways to cope when a rumour is making the rounds, and what young people can do when the urge to participate in gossip feels irresistible...read more

Product Description: The "shemiras halashon revolution" that swept the Torah world showed us how important - and, yes, how possible - it is for us to speak in accordance with the laws of proper speech. But how can we present those laws, with their many details and rules, in a way that is enjoyable reading for all ages? How can we inspire ourselves, our families, and, most important, our children, to truly follow the laws of proper speech? The Family Lesson a Day shows us how...read more

Product Description: At last, a humorous, anecdote-filled exploration of the many ways in which women stab each other in the back and talk about each other behind closed doorsIf you exhibit any of these traits, you may be guilty of being a Player hateHER:You get upset when people don't notice how fabulous you are...read more

Product Description: The words of a gossip are like choice morsels... (Proverbs 18:8) We all know gossip is a sin, but gossip can also demonstrate that a church preaches the gospel. Every true church that belongs to Jesus will be gossiped about just as Jesus was labeled demonic and talked about...read more

Product Description: Gossip has always been an integral part of community. Sometimes its effects are ruthless, leaving the reputations and spirits of individuals ruined. But gossip can also be a healthy way of making meaning out of ordinary events, teaching values, establishing community parameters, and creating a sense of belonging...read more

Product Description: This work suggests that gossip has unexpected virtues. The contributors argue that gossip contributes to community cohesion and helps individuals better understand their own predicaments, problems and personal idiosyncrasies in the light of knowledge about the life experiences of others...read more

Product Description: Bergmann treats gossip as the genre of everyday communication and thereby in need of serious analysis. Using discourse theory and ethnomethodology, he draws both on individual observations on gossip in the literature of social science and on the investigation of real gossip recorded in the field and reproduced here as transcribed segments...read more

Discusses the nature of gossip, examines its psychological aspects, and looks at rumors, celebrity gossip, propaganda, gossip columnists, and political gossip. Biblilog

Explores the nature, morality, and aesthetics of gossip, examines gossip in history and the psychology of gossip, and analyzes gossip--as subject and literary technique--in plays, letters, biographies, and novels

Explains that it is wrong to say unkind or untrue things about others, describes the trouble it can cause, and tells how to stop gossip

Discusses the appeal of gossip and describes ways to learn the latest gossip and avoid becoming the subject of rumors

A psychological and sociological study of the transmission of and response to rumor and gossip, viewing parallels between the dynamics of social exchanges and the consumption of goods and services. Bibliogs